Nancy F.I. Stormer

Nancy F.I. Stormer serves as a key procurement professional within the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Propulsion Directorate, supporting critical acquisitions for advanced aerospace propulsion, hypersonic systems, and high-performance materials. Her work directly enables the development and integration of next-generation flight technologies essential to U.S. air and space dominance. She manages a portfolio of research and development contracts, including prototypes, engineering services, and specialized material supply agreements, ensuring alignment with AFRL’s mission to accelerate innovation in propulsion and adaptive flight control systems. Stormer’s acquisitions are strategically aligned with long-term DoD technology roadmaps, emphasizing rapid prototyping and transition from lab to field. Stormer maintains sustained working relationships with industry leaders such as UES Inc., General Electric Company, DCS Corporation, Spirit Aerosystems Inc., and Advanced Thermoplastic Composites LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on high-technology contractors with proven expertise in propulsion systems, composite manufacturing, flight control software, and hypersonic component development. Her contracting patterns indicate a preference for established prime contractors capable of delivering complex, mission-critical solutions under tight technical and schedule constraints, often involving classified or export-controlled technologies. Stormer’s procurement activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects the highly specialized nature of the technologies involved, where only a limited number of vendors possess the requisite certifications, facilities, and technical capabilities to meet AFRL’s demanding performance standards. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her portfolio, the nature of the work inherently requires advanced engineering capabilities typically found in large, seasoned defense contractors. Her primary procurement focus lies in aerospace propulsion, hypersonics, and advanced materials, encompassing NAICS categories related to aerospace product and parts manufacturing, scientific research and development, and composite material fabrication. She consistently acquires high-temperature alloys, thermoplastic composites, propulsion test hardware, and adaptive control algorithms, demonstrating deep technical fluency in propulsion system integration and materials science for extreme environments.